{"product_id":"the-art-of-jihad-malik-mufti-9781438476360","title":"The Art of Jihad: Realism in Islamic Political Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdentifies and traces the evolution of a forgotten \"realist\" tradition in medieval Islamic political thought, and considers the prospects for its revival in the context of the contemporary Middle East.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow all but forgotten, there exists within medieval Islamic political thought a coherent \"realist\" tradition analogous to its Western counterpart. In \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Jihad\u003c\/i\u003e, Malik Mufti begins by analyzing contemporary debates on jihad designed to highlight the lacuna occupied by realism in other cultures. He explicates the features of medieval Islamic realism; those it shares with realism everywhere-a focus on power, for example, or the ubiquity of human conflict-but also those features that are distinctive: its insistence on the political centrality of religion, its rejection of scientific certainty, its valorization of hierarchy, and its adherence to empire as the optimal ethico-political framework. These features are fleshed out through the writings of medieval political thinkers such as Ibn al-Muqaffa , al-Jahiz, and the anonymous author of a seminal military manual, as well as political philosophers such as Ibn Rushd and Ibn Khaldun. Finally, Mufti explores the prospects for a revival of Islamic realism in the context of the political and intellectual upheavals currently besetting the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malik Mufti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438476361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438476360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Malik Mufti","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974586880255,"sku":"9781438476360","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_916b802e-1920-45af-bba0-b519801d1589.jpg?v=1750875466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-jihad-malik-mufti-9781438476360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}